Benares Shoals
with Île Pierre of Peros Banhos at the lower right
Benares Shoals, or Benares Shoal, is a submerged coral reef, an isolated patch located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., just Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Île Pierre, the closest island of Peros Banhos atoll in the northern Chagos Archipelago. It measures about Script error: No such module "convert". east–west, with a width of about Script error: No such module "convert". and an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. The least depth at the western end is Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
The Benares Shoals were first surveyed in 1837 by Commander Robert Moresby of the Indian Navy on HMS Benares. Moresby's survey produced the first detailed map of this submerged reef, which was subsequently named after his ship.[2]
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- ↑ British Admiralty nautical chart 11000030 - 3 Chagos Archipelago, Scale 1:360 000
- ↑ Searight, Sarah, The Charting of the Red Sea. History Today, 2003
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